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Hey Mick T. check this out (covers are crimped)(updated)
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<blockquote data-quote="WTM" data-source="post: 4416925" data-attributes="member: 6230"><p><strong>Re: Hey Mick T. check this out (covers are crimped)</strong></p><p></p><p>10 days to 2'weeks. yep mine too, its at the bottom of a 150 ft tall hill, but i have had some dozer work to terrace the hill and make drains that carry it to the road on each side.</p><p></p><p>here is some good info and planting rates:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/Managing-Cover-Crops-Profitably-3rd-Edition/Text-Version/Acknowledgments" target="_blank">http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Boo ... wledgments</a></p><p></p><p>ive used winter wheat and turnip mix, some white clover. this year i was going to use barley and winter peas but oats tolerate more water than barley. mick used crimson clover as did the farmer up the road from me. if you use a pea mix then you will need a nurse crop mixed in like oats or winter wheat. the peas will climb up the stalks. fall planted barley will break up clay soils with their roots as will forage radishes, but you cant plant forage radishes in the same spot as brassicas vegetables like cabbage and broccoli. i had a lot of deer in it this year and did not seem to hurt final yield of oats and peas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WTM, post: 4416925, member: 6230"] [b]Re: Hey Mick T. check this out (covers are crimped)[/b] 10 days to 2'weeks. yep mine too, its at the bottom of a 150 ft tall hill, but i have had some dozer work to terrace the hill and make drains that carry it to the road on each side. here is some good info and planting rates: [url=http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/Managing-Cover-Crops-Profitably-3rd-Edition/Text-Version/Acknowledgments]http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Boo ... wledgments[/url] ive used winter wheat and turnip mix, some white clover. this year i was going to use barley and winter peas but oats tolerate more water than barley. mick used crimson clover as did the farmer up the road from me. if you use a pea mix then you will need a nurse crop mixed in like oats or winter wheat. the peas will climb up the stalks. fall planted barley will break up clay soils with their roots as will forage radishes, but you cant plant forage radishes in the same spot as brassicas vegetables like cabbage and broccoli. i had a lot of deer in it this year and did not seem to hurt final yield of oats and peas. [/QUOTE]
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